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Day by Day
1988 - 1989 6.0 (5 votes) 2 Seasons
Genres
Comedy
Networks
NBC
Created By
Andy Borowitz
Gary David Goldberg

Day by Day

Overview

Day by Day is an American sitcom starring Douglas Sheehan, Linda Kelsey, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Courtney Thorne-Smith, and Thora Birch. Day by Day was telecast from February 29, 1988, through June 25, 1989, on NBC.

Key Crew

Producer: Gary David Goldberg

Writer: Gary David Goldberg, Andy Borowitz

Top Cast

Linda Kelsey
Linda Kelsey

Kate Harper

Doug Sheehan
Doug Sheehan

Brian Harper

Christopher Daniel Barnes
Christopher Daniel Barnes

Ross Harper

Courtney Thorne-Smith
Courtney Thorne-Smith

Kristin Carlson / Judy

Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Eileen Swift / Sally

Thora Birch
Thora Birch

Molly Farrell

Christopher Finefrock

Justin O'Donnell

Seasons

Season 1 (1988)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Birthday Presence
1988-02-29

Brian and Ross come to an understanding while trying to persuade a divorced father to attend his son's birthday party.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: How to Succeed in Day Care
1988-03-03

Brian and Kate are at odds and evens when the parents of overachiever Molly ask them to add math and reading to their curriculum.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: One Big Happy Family
1988-03-06

Self-sufficient teen Ross looks at quality time as an overrated inconvenience, while Brian is serious about getting to know his son.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: That Saturday Feeling
1988-03-13

Brian takes the title of ""Hippest Dad"" to heart, when all Ross would like him to be is ""Anonymous Ride Giver,"" especially when his dad's new found coolness threatens to ruin his party.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Community Service
1988-03-20

Caught in a stock scam, Eileen receives a sentence worse than death: community service at the day-care center. Meanwhile, Ross's bathrobe, Baby, seems to have escaped from his custody.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Birth Wait
1988-03-27

Brian and Kate have their hands full at a slumber party with a guitar-strumming Ross, Eileen, two hyper kids, and another kid who's dreading the arrival of a new sibling.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: What I Did for Love
1988-04-03

When Kristin turns down his request for a date, Ross and his overactive teen hormones settle for an evening of team babysitting.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Great Expectations
1988-04-10

Buoyed by Ross's high aptitude scores, Kate goes to work as his high-pressure tutor.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: How Now, Dow Jones
1988-04-17

Kate turns bearish when Brian becomes more interested in part-time stock counseling than in full-time storytelling.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Life at a Glance
1988-04-24

Obsessive planner Eileen meets a divorced father and, after dating him for only a week, she maps out their next 50 years together.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: The Age of Dinosaurs
1988-05-01

Ross basks in the glow of pre-school as he wows the kids with a hit dinosaur demo, prompting Brian and Kate to steer him toward a teaching career.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: Do You Think I'm Sexy?
1988-05-15

Aided by amateur counselors Elaine and Kristin, Kate tries to rekindle the romance in her marriage, as hamsters and finger painting replace dining and dancing.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 13: The Field Trip
1988-05-29

The kids are gearing up for a trip to the petting zoo, but Kate's ego is what needs stroking after a bad day has her convinced that she's a day-care disaster.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 2 (1988)

No overview available.

20 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: My World and Welcome to It
1988-10-30

Eileen gives Ross a student internship, but will the pressure of being a successful pre-stockbroker drive him into early retirement?

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Won't You Be My Neighbor?
1988-11-06

The intimitable Eileen is moving next door, and it's not a pretty sight as she demoralizes the remodeling men and, in a pinch, babysits Emily.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Trading Places
1988-11-27

Brian welcomes college buddy Steven Keaton whose plan to see St. Louis with son Andy falls on its arches when Andy decides he'd rather spend time at the playschool.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Girl Wars
1988-12-04

Ross finally gets up the nerve to ask a girl to a dance, but best friend Stiv has the nerve to ask her first.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Harper and Son
1988-12-11

Brian's gregarious father visits, but he strikes out with Brian when he tries to turn Ross from a star sleeper into a star athlete.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Merry Kristin
1988-12-18

Kristin gets her feelings hurt when she throws the Harper's her family's traditional Danish Eve of Christmas Eve feast. Later, the preschool throws a Christmas pageant.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: You Gotta Be a Football Hero
1989-01-01

Ross goes out for football to make a pass at a girl who loves the sport, and Brian is carried back to his gridiron glory days.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Smart Women, Nice Refreshments
1989-01-08

Eileen ropes a reluctant Kate into joining a professional women's group, but before long, Kate ""the Organizer"" has tied down the lead over Eileen in the race for club secretary.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Out for a Stretch
1989-01-15

Ross takes a job baby-sitting, but an evening out cruising in a stretch limo is too tempting to turn down, so he takes Molly and Emily along for the ride.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: The Music Man
1989-01-29

The preschool's music teacher, Charlie the Song Guy, strikes a chord with Eileen, who learns to enjoy sounds other then the ringing of a cash register.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: A Very Brady Episode
1989-02-05

After getting an F on a term paper, Ross' parents are very disappointed in his efforts. They asked what he was doing with his time & he's watching a Brady Bunch marathon. So they ground him from the tv until he can improve his grades. As he was studying, Ross has a dream about being on The Brady Bunch! He's greeted by Carol & was amazed that he's their long lost son, Chuck Brady! Carol makes him take off the robe & Chuck finds himself wearing 70's clothes. He also meets Mike who asks him to go get a perm. And Alice who had boxing gloves on. Then he met Peter & Bobby who wanted him to work on his campaign for student council president. Then he met a very pregnant Marcia! Marcia thanks him for backing her up for student council. Then the boys & girls fight over that. Chuck doesn't want to be student council president. Then Chuck sees his two girls who are Marcia's friends dressed as cheerleaders. Chuck can't stand the rerun of Brady living so he wakes up to find his real paren

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: My Momma Done Tol' Me
1989-02-12

Ross battles Kate's low opinion of his new girlfriend, who has a very high opinion of herself.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 13: Fraternity
1989-02-19

While Ross admires Brian's practical joking fraternity brother Stan, Brian thinks Stan still has some growing up to do.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 14: Tears of a Clown
1989-02-26

Ross and Stiv enroll in home ec to savor the presence of their female classmates, but Ross finds his cooking teacher's company most appetizing.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 15: Harmless Harper
1989-03-05

Brian is flustered but flattered by the amorous attention of an attractive stockbroke, but Kate invests her complete trust in her husband.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 16: Three Men and a Babe
1989-03-12

Ross loses big with his buddies when he begins spending all of his time in artistic pursuits with his girlfriend, instead of joining the guys for their manly game of Risk.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 17: Foul Play
1989-03-23

Eileen figures to benefit when her ""best friend"" Kristin begins going out with Eileen's grateful boss.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 18: The Reunion
1989-04-02

Eileen is determind to relive the humiliating days of yesteryear at her high-school reunion, so she hires Ross to pose as her husband.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 19: The Lost Weekend
1989-04-16

Ross and his girlfriend have the house to themselves or so they think.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 20: Father Knows Best
1989-06-04

An overprotective dad pulls his son out of preschool, while Ross is pushed into a date with the daughter of one of Eileen's clients.

Runtime: 30 min

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